Tan Charmain S, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz Matthew, Utpala Ranjani, Yeung Victoria Wai Lan, De Paoli Tara, Loughan Stephen, Krug Isabel
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of MelbourneMelbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, SingaporeSingapore.
Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Deakin UniversityMelbourne, VIC, Australia; School of Psychology, Deakin University, DeakinMelbourne, VIC, Australia.
Front Psychol. 2016 Oct 14;7:1578. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01578. eCollection 2016.
To assess differences in trait objectifying measures and eating pathology between Australian Caucasians and Asian women living in Australia and in Hong Kong with high and low levels of western cultural identification (WCI) and to see if exposure to objectifying images had an effect on state-objectification. A further aim was to assess using path analyses whether an extended version of the objectification model, including thin-ideal internalization, differed depending on the level of WCI. A total of 424 participants comprising 162 Australian Caucasians and 262 Asians ( = 183 currently residing in Australia and = 79 living in Hong Kong) took part in the study. Of the overall Asian sample, 133 individuals were classified as high-WCI and 129 participants as low-WCI. Participants were randomly allocated into one of two conditions, presenting either objectifying images of attractive and thin Asian and Caucasian female models (objectification group, = 204), or showing neutral images of objects (e.g., chairs, tables; control group, = 220). Subsequently, participants were asked to complete a series of questionnaires assessing objectification processes and eating pathology. Findings revealed that the Caucasian group presented with significantly higher internalization and body surveillance scores than either of the two Asian groups and also revealed higher scores on trait-self-objectification than the low-WCI Asian sample. As regards to the effects of objectifying images on state self-objectification, we found that ratings were higher after exposure to women than to control objects for all groups. Finally, multi-group analyses revealed that our revised objectification model functioned equally across the Caucasian and the high-WCI Asian group, but differed between the Caucasian and the low-WCI Asian group. Our findings outline that individuals with varying levels of WCI might respond differently to self-objectification processes. Levels of WCI should therefore be taken into consideration when working with women from different cultural backgrounds.
评估澳大利亚白种人与居住在澳大利亚和香港的亚洲女性在特质客体化测量和饮食病理学方面的差异，这些女性具有高和低水平的西方文化认同（WCI），并观察接触客体化图像是否对状态客体化有影响。另一个目的是使用路径分析评估客体化模型的扩展版本（包括瘦理想内化）是否因WCI水平而异。共有424名参与者，包括162名澳大利亚白种人和262名亚洲人（183人目前居住在澳大利亚，79人居住在香港）参与了这项研究。在整个亚洲样本中，133人被归类为高WCI，129名参与者为低WCI。参与者被随机分配到两种条件之一：呈现具有吸引力和苗条的亚洲和白种女性模特的客体化图像（客体化组，204人），或展示物体的中性图像（如椅子、桌子；对照组，220人）。随后，要求参与者完成一系列评估客体化过程和饮食病理学的问卷。研究结果显示，白种人群体在内化和身体监测得分上显著高于两个亚洲群体中的任何一个，并且在特质自我客体化得分上也高于低WCI亚洲样本。关于客体化图像对状态自我客体化的影响，我们发现所有组在接触女性图像后的评分都高于接触对照物体后的评分。最后，多组分析表明，我们修订后的客体化模型在白种人和高WCI亚洲群体中同样适用，但在白种人和低WCI亚洲群体之间存在差异。我们的研究结果表明，不同WCI水平的个体对自我客体化过程的反应可能不同。因此，在与来自不同文化背景的女性合作时，应考虑WCI水平。
